Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-18
XXTH LEGISLATURE.
Houston Introduces a Bill to Prevent
and Punish Unauthorized En-.
closures OF Land.
The Rouse Appoints a Committee TO Take
Testimony on the Condition of the
Drouth Sufferers.
THE SENATE.

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Jan. 1.-THE usual
budget of bills, resolutions and petitions
were presented in the senate to-day. The
following are the principal ones: By Sen
ator Houston, to prevent unauthorized
enclosures of land and to make such en-
closures penal.
By Senator Houston, s bill to provide
for the university and asylum lands.
By Senator McManus, bill to protect
stockraisers from the destruction of
wolves, etc.
Senator Pope offered resolution that
each senator appropriate one DAVIS salary
to the druuth sufferers Ru ed out on
point of order that if such a resolution
were passed it could not be enforced.
The following appointments by. Gov.
Ireland we've confirmed by the senate in
executive session: q. W. Breckenridge,
regent Of the University, appointed Sep
TENDER q, 1886; C. H. Yoakum, district
attorney of the Eighth Judicial district,
appointed Now mber s, 1886; j. P. Estes,
district attorney of the Twenty-ninth ju-
dicial district, appointed January II,
1887; EDWARD Chambers, manager of the
lunsic asylum at Austin, sppointed May
4, 1885; p NJ. McClung, manager of the
lunatic asylum at Terrell, appointed June
4, 1885; S. A. Shortridge, manager of the
lunatlc asylum at Terrell, appointed June
4, 1885; Julias Runge, commissioner of
pilots, appointed October 10, 1885;
Leon Blum, commits >iOner Of
pilots, appointed October 10, 1885;
Thomas H. Sweeney, commissioner of
pilots, appointed October 10, 1855; j. N
Sawyer, commissioner of pilots, appointed
October 10, 1885; Charles Fowler, COM
missioner Of pilots, appointed October 10,
1885; C. c. Dibrell, commissioner of
penltentiaries, appointed April 30, 1855;
Gelen Crow, commissioner of peniteItia
lies, appointed August I, 1885; to be
regent of the University board, a. j Rose,
vice L. C. Alexander resigned.
By Senator Houston, a resolution
amending the law enabling counties to
place valuation on lands owned by nom
residents and to impose county taxes.
a resolution was adopted instructing
the delegation in congress TO secure right
Of way through the Indian Territory for
the Chicago, r ok Island and Pacific Rail
way.
The Wheels stenograpbic scheme for
killed, 80 ..
THE HOUSE.
Petitions were presented in the house
asking that western school lands be
placed on the market, and from the cit.
zens Of Callahan county against the sale
of over $40 acres without established
roadways.
The following bills were introduced:
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tention of freight and passenger trains.
BY Mr.. Baylor, a bill to divide the west
ern part of Tom Green county into six rev
counties.
Bv Mr.. Hunt, petition of the citizens of
Burleson county from the members of
Hope and Postoak Alliances, asking leg
islation regulating railroads, placing con-
victs ia the walls, controlling corpora
tons, and prohibiting the dealing in
futures, etc.
By Mr.. Baird, petition of citizens of
Brown county demonstrating against
the creation of 3 new county proposed to
be made out Of the counties of Brown,
Comsnche, Eastland and Callahan.
BY Mr.. Northington, memorial OF the
commissioners court OF Llmpasas
county asking for relief for the drouth
sufferers and stating that there are in
that county seventy-fve people positively
needing food and clothing, and $50
families without grain and unable to pur
chase it.
By Mr.. Richardson, bill creating the
office of state geologist.
By Mr.. Wright, a resolution requiring
an opinion of the judiciary as TO whether
the drouth sufferers can be constitution
ally relieved by the sale of county bonds.
resolution by Mr.. McGaughey that a
committee of three be appointed with
power to take testimony from any mem
Der of the house or other person on the
condition of the drouth sufferers was
adopted. The speaker appointed Messrs.
McGaughey, Tate and Humphreys of
Wise. -
< The house then adjonrned.